A new $100 million Disneyland parking garage won’t be ready in time for the second wave of Star Wars fans descending on the popular Galaxy’s Edge themed land next week after the reservation-only period ends.

The 6,500-space Pixar Pals parking structure is expected to open by the end of June, months ahead of the scheduled September opening of the new garage, according to Disneyland officials.

Starting June 24, Disneyland visitors who want to explore the 14-acre Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge will need to log into the Disneyland app to secure a boarding pass in a virtual queuing system designed to manage crowds in the new land at the Anaheim theme park.

Disneyland also plans to open an additional 2,150 visitor parking spaces in the Toy Story surface lot in September. Visitors will pass through a new security bag check area at the Toy Story lot before boarding buses to the main gate esplanade between Disneyland and Disney California Adventure.

The Katella Cast Member parking lot will become the Bullseye visitor parking lot. Employee parking will be relocated to the Pumbaa lot.

The addition of the Pixar Pals garage is expected to significantly reduce the need to redirect cars arriving at the Mickey and Friends parking structure to the Toy Story lot, a time-consuming hassle that has been the bane of Disneyland visitors.

Brady MacDonald is a theme park reporter for the Orange County Register and the Southern California News Group. He’s covered the theme park industry for more than 25 years. He writes about Disney, Universal, Six Flags, SeaWorld, Cedar Fair and Legoland parks in Southern California, across the United States and around the world. As a member of the SCNG Features team, he also writes about entertainment, travel, pop culture, music, restaurants and craft beer.

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